Re: SMTP servers don't allow me to send email
- From: Bill Cole <bill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:16:40 GMT
In article <1177070556.536901.324750@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
asperamanca@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Hello all,
yesterday, I've run into troubles trying to send an email for the
first time in years.
My configuration:
I've an account with an ISP, which includes email addresses - let's
call it the "NEW" ISP
But I still use my old email addresses from an old ISP account
(there's still a running contract because some relatives still use
that account, and they let me keep my old email addresses) - let's
call it the "OLD" ISP.
In my email client, I access the POP server of the OLD ISP using user
name and password - fine. I can receive emails on my old address.
For sending, I use the SMTP server of my NEW ISP, but still use my old
email address (because I want the recipient to see that address).
For years, this worked fine. Yesterday I received an error message:
"You are not authorized to send as <old email address>"
I called up the NEW ISP, and, sure enough, they have changed the
server settings, and I should use the SMTP of my OLD ISP anyway, thank
you, good day.
That I tried, and so I learned about another wonderful error message
from the world of SMTP:
"You do not have a trusted IP address (or something like this) -
relaying denied".
I called up the OLD ISP, and they said, why, sure, you need to be part
of our network, otherwise we deny relaying, thank you, good day.
Hrmpf
You have lousy ISP's. Two of them.
I then tried to use the SMTP servers of my free mail accounts. With
Yahoo, I had a moment of hope, when the server responded "email
address not verified" and a link to a help page.
I entered my old email into the "alternate email address" of my Yahoo
profile, and verified it. My account now says it's verified, but the
SMTP server still says it isn't
More Hrmpf
Do you really expect a free provider to give you anything of value?
With that caveat, you might actually find success with GMail.
After getting this far, I decided to tap the collective wisdom of "the
'groups". So here I am. Pretty please: Any hints what I could try? I
really like my old email addresses, they're so short and memorable.
This is not really fit to this newsgroup, which is focused on the
Sendmail MTA, not sending mail in general, but the answer to your
problem is simple. You need a provider that uses SMTP's authentication
extension wisely, distinguishing the authentication credentials from the
sender address used on mail. It is my understanding (second-hand, not
from personal experience) that Google's GMail supports SMTP
authentication in that manner: you authenticate with your Google
account, but can send mail from any address on that authenticated
session.
--
Now where did I hide that website...
.
- References:
- SMTP servers don't allow me to send email
- From: asperamanca
- SMTP servers don't allow me to send email
- Prev by Date: Domain KPMG.AN - Sendmail 8.13.5
- Next by Date: Re: Domain KPMG.AN - Sendmail 8.13.5
- Previous by thread: Re: SMTP servers don't allow me to send email
- Next by thread: Re: SMTP servers don't allow me to send email
- Index(es):
Relevant Pages
|
